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I was in Chicago. At the hotel, there was a window on the way to the elevator. But instead of showing you outside, it let you see into the restaurant kitchen. You could see what they were making today. And they placed a card in the window inviting you to come enjoy the day’s special
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On Monday, I asked my email subscribers for a topic, situation, or scenario that I could dive into for the week. I wanted to try something different. A game of sorts. A challenge to explore something for a week and then post about it by Friday. A response I received (thanks Heather!) said this: Ice cream
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He goes by Rotten Roger. But don’t let that fool you. After only talking with him for a short while, it’s obvious he’s the kind of guy that is a genuinely nice person. He gave a quick history of Cigar Box Guitars and showed us the creme of the crop: This is our Stratocrapper. This is our
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It can be easy to get caught up in daydreams. To be stuck in ideation. Proverbs 14:23 describes it well. All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. An antidote is to put into practice small, daily efforts. Gretchen Rubin describes it well in her chapter of Manage Your Day-to-Day: Frequency: Makes
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An interview introduction of David Kelley and what he’s trying to do: David Kelley believes that everyone is creative, but we have a tendency to hide from that word as we get older. His mission is to help all people recover their problem solving abilities – their creative confidence. Several years ago he founded a company
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The essence of business: The problem and solution find each other. Think about it.
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This is an area where I have to be careful. I love to think about ideas and possibilities. I could dream about things and find a bit of fulfillment in merely imagining what could be accomplished. Yet dreaming about doing is vastly different if action is never taken. So this is me telling myself to not get stuck in
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I came across a post by Kathy Sierra about her approach to presenting. This part stood out to me: Open with a question they would very much like an answer for. That’s it. Pose a question. You don’t have to announce you’re going to answer it, just… start. If you’re looking for an opening phrase, try something
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I could also call this “leverage,” because that’s what it is. It beckons the questions: What are you doing? Why? Why or how is that any different from anything or anyone else? I’ve heard both Hugh MacLeod and Seth Godin make the challenge to differentiate. It’s also a challenge to be willing to be great
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This first image represents the hallmark of the way things used to work in most industries just a few years ago. Some examples: If you were a musical artist, you would need to be picked by a label. If you were an author, you would need to be picked by a publisher. If you had
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